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Originally Posted by Doug Stankey
All bombs were "safe" unless they were dropped after the charging circuits were switched "on". To release bombs safely all they need to do was pull the jettison handle.
The German bomb fusing/racking system is described clearly in the appendix of our book "Dive-Bomber and Ground Attack Units of the Luftwaffe, Volume 2", which will be released (pun!) this coming March.
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Doug, since the jettison handle was purely a mechanical release (I will be uploading a video on that this weekend) they would naturally drop unarmed.
Is it possible to arm them from the arming switch before they where jettisoned?
I have seen and played with 1940's electro-mechanical triggering device. Quite impressive (will put that video up soon)